You can give your bedroom the beginning of a “facelift” by changing
the color and the look of your headboard.Your bed is usually the largest item in your bedroom so it is very
important for you to love it! The headboard and the comforter play a large part
in creating the mood, color palette and decorating style of your bedroom.You need to truly like the color of your
headboard, bedding, wall paint, furniture, window treatments, area rug and
lighting in order to create a special atmosphere for your bedroom. If you like
the style of your headboard but you do not like the color then you should
change it! Depending upon your budget,
you can either have the whole headboard replaced or you can have a professional
come into your home to create a different look for your headboard. If you are on a budget I have some inexpensive
ideas for you in order to create that special mood for your bedroom. You can change your headboard by re-staining,
repainting or adding a different color to make it look different.
My client’s headboard is very unique because it has an inset
of paint and an inset of four “shield” like effect inserts. Dixie wanted a new
look for her headboard so we changed the color of the insets from red to blue. You
can have this process professionally done or you can do it yourself.
I needed the outlining red to be painted blue and the “shield” type of inset on the
headboard to be a different color too. My client prefers to do things herself. I told her to either paint the insets or
to make a template of the “shield” inset that is on the headboard.Then she
would need to buy the thinnest type of wood possible so the wood fit and could
be inserted into the spacing of the “shield”. Dixie made a template of the “shield” so she could lay the paper template
on top of the thin wood and cut it out to the proper size to fit into the inset
of the headboard. After the “shield” was
cut out she could paint it blue or cover it with fabric and Velcro this tiny
piece of wood to the actual headboard for a 3 dimensional look.
She decided to
take a blue lamp that is in the master bedroom and place it directly on the
photocopier.
She got a wonderful color picture of her blue lamp! She took the photocopy and glued it onto the
cut out template of the “shield” and then Velcro it into the inset on the
headboard. The bed looks so different now with the blue coloring instead of the
red.
I suggested that Dixie change her comforter to a solid blue
color that matched the blue paint and blue insets. I also did not want a
pattern or design so nothing would distract from the “facelift” she just
provided for her headboard. What a transformation the headboard made to help
create a different color palette for Dixie’s bedroom! As an Interior Designer
in Atlanta, send me any decorating questions you may have and I will be happy
to respond back!
Jan Britt
(404) 510-3636
decorate@decoratewithjan.com
